#12: On Island Tides: A journey through the music of Blanco White
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In this episode we meet the voice and the inspiration behind Blanco White, the stage name of Josh Edwards, a guitarist and singer-songwriter from London.
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#11: The Cult of the Shining City
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What is happening to the soul of America? It’s a question the whole world is asking as Americans vote in the most bizarre Presidential election in their history.
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#10: Poetry to journey by
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So we’re all grounded for the foreseeable future. None of us will be travelling the way we used to any time soon.
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#9: Politics of a Pandemic: A conversation with Dr. Paul G. Buchanan
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How do we navigate a COVID-19 world? What does a global pandemic mean for liberal democracy? And what might a ‘new normal’ look like for the world order?
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#8: Coronavirus: Time will come good
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As the UK lockdown is extended it’s hard to know when our lives will return to any sense of normality.
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#7: Coronavirus: Fighting 'The Rona'
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Since recording my last episode it seems that I contracted the coronavirus.
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#6: Coronavirus: We're all in this together
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We're only just starting to accept the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic here in the UK. We've never lived through anything like this in our lifetimes, and everything is about to change dramatically. So how do we stay connected and hopeful, and how do we manage our fear?
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#5: Home is where we have 51 per cent of the vote
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What does it mean to be a global citizen when walls and borders are back in vogue? How do you create a permanent home that’s a sanctuary? And what does permanence and sanctuary even mean when borders are being re-drawn and the ground is shifting beneath your feet?
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#4: Finding home again in the aftermath of grief
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How do you find home again when you’ve lost the person who was your home? And what does the idea of home even mean in the aftermath of grief?
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#3: The citizenship tests of a lapsed Canadian
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What does home mean when you've always had a complicated relationship with the country you were born in?
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None of us will be travelling the way we used to any time soon.
And so we wait, and remember, and imagine the open roads and open skies we crave and miss.
In this episode I share a few poems about the excitement of setting off again, and our insatiable itch for new horizons.
But the best journeys are the ones that teach us new things; not just about the places we visit, but also the places we call home.
And the best poems are the ones that give us hope...
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Music on this episode is by Lee Rosevere, Doug Maxwell, Josh Kirsch and Aaron Kenny.